Citation

Hotz GA, Kennedy A, Lutfi K, Cohn SM. J. Trauma 2009; 66(5): 1492-1499.

Affiliation

DeWitt Daughtry Family and Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. GHotz@med.miami.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/TA.0b013e31819d9c9b

PMID

19430259

Abstract

Pedestrian-related crashes cause an estimated 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries worldwide. There were 32,590 nonfatal injuries reported among children 0 to 14 years of age in the United States in 2006. The incidence of pedestrian injuries seems to be decreasing due to improvements in trauma care and a nationwide decline in walking. This article is a special communication and overview of selected literature regarding efforts to decrease the frequency of pediatric pedestrian trauma. WalkSafe an elementary school-based pedestrian injury prevention program will be discussed as an example of a program that has been able to demonstrate a decrease in injuries in children.

Language: en